RPC IX, 1496

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1496
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Issue Year ΘΞϹ = 269
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription ΚΥΙΝ ΕΡΕ ΕΤΡ ΜΕϹ ΔΕΚΚΙΟϹ (sic) Κ
Nominative Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔΟ ΜΗΤ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΘΞϹ
Reverse design crescent with seven stars
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 757
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 1473/1–8, 1495/1–9. 1–7: same rev. die as 1494/1–9.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1939,0105.1
2 2     P: 246 Wa 4160 = SNG 2124
3 3     Cop SNG 54
4 4     Hirsch 175, 23 Sept. 1992, lot 1342
5 5     ✸ Lanz 86, 15 May 1998, lot 657
6 6     Ziegler 1132
7 7     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 757.5